8 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN skill, \vill become the next volunteer to play David to the customers' Goliath. SUPPER CLUBS (No dancing, unless noted.) BLUE ANGEL. 152 E. 55th St. (PL 3-5998): Dorothy Loudon, a hundred and twelve pounds of fighting wildcat, gets her claws into any number of preposterous ballads Also present are the Kingston Trio, three young madrigalists from the California (or orange) groves of Academe; Bob Lewis, a homespun philosopher; and Los Indios Taba- jaras, two guitar-slinging boys from Brazil, whose Portuguese arias may remind you of the late lamented Elsie Houston. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Orson Bean and his shaggy- Vermont, shaggy-ostrich, and shaggy-Martian anecdotes will replace the Kingston Trio and Mr. Lewis. The new-era Jimmy Lyons trio (Jim Raney and Beverly Peer are his aides) and the piano of Bart Howard are the back- ground. The first performance begins as early as nine-forty-five on Fridays and Saturdays. . . . fJ1 In the lounge, except Sundays, there's cocktail and dinner piano by Alex Fogarty. nightly, from 2 to 4 A.M., except Saturday and Mondays, there's progressive music by the Lyonses.... UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS. 37 W. 5 6 th St. (CI 5-9465): Six naughty children-Ceil Cabot, Jack Fletcher, Gerry Matthews, Jean Arnold, Jane Connell, and George Hall-who should not only be seen but heard. They're the inmates of a Julius Monk revue that points out, cheerfully but firmly, what fools we mortals be. The pit band is the twin pianos of Gordon Connell and Jay Thompson; the curtain times are nine-thirty and midnight Closed Sundays . . . DOWNSTAIRS AT THE UPSTAIRS, 37 W. 56th St. (CI 5-9465): Katie Lee, who heretofore has kept her songs for the analyst's couch be- tween the covers of a record album, has been making an open book of them in a picturesque gazebo that is also a Julius Monk venture. Her case histories commence after the thea- tre; they're set to the jewelled music of Stan Keen and Carl Norman, upper-echelon pian- ists. The bar opens at five, the pianos at nine- thirty. Miss Lee moves on to other patients on vVednesday, Feb. 4. Closed Sundays. ...IN BOBOLl, 1591 Second Ave., at 82nd St. (TR 9-3777): The fine Florentinf' hand of the resident chef is supplemented hy other diversions. calm dinner and supper piano by Dick Hankinson, and (after the theatre) let's-go piano by the old virtuoso Herman Chittison, cantatas by a new hummingbird named Greta Rae, and (Fridays and Satur- days) a new Neapolitan tenor named Enzo Lembo. Closed Mondays.... ONE FIFTH AVE- NUE, Fifth Ave. at 8th St. (S P 7-7000): In the bar, Mickey Deems-man overboard in a raging sea of domestic bliss, economic stringency, and general vitamin deficiency- fights bravely, noisily, and wittily for his life Betty McNamara runs the canary cage, and B(\b Downey and Harold Fonville, those fa- miliar faces, never stray far from their dou- ble pianos. Sundays, silent movies and no Deems; Mondays, amateur performers and no McNamara. . . . BON SOIR. 40 VV. 8th St. (OR 4-0531). Part of the doings-Mae Barnes' chanteys, which all come out like battle hymns of the Republic, and the sound track of Tony and Eddie, America's least restrained mimes -may leave you more deaf than alive. Alice Ghostley's quatrains, deep in malice and menace, have quite a different talent to amuse and éf third talent is implicit in the cacophon of. TIger aynes an.d the Three Flames. Jim- nue DanIels, the Inventor of this inn, is bland and dégagé in his singing. The inter- mission pianist is Murray Grand. Closed 1rlondays. . . . DEN IN THE DUANE. 237 Madison Ave., at 37th St. (OR 9-7848): Milt Kamen man of the people, deals with aspects of the news of the day that most commentators haven't the wits to discover. He's flanked by the squad of Little, Dane, and Mason, whose songs have a pep rally in mind. Closed Sundays.... BAQ ROOM. 1362 Sixth Ave., at 55th St (CI 7-9107): The after- deck of the Midtown Café, and Chinese ice-cream parlor is the word for it. Janice Mars, a delight.fully unmannered purveyor of songs of dallIance and songs of supplica- ti.on,. and Baldwin Bergersen,. composer and pIanIst of note, gambol late Into the night. They. a:e on an?, along with a protean in- termISSIon pIanIst named Gene Hunt, S.M.T.W.T.F.S 29 \ JO JI 2. J 456 7 r Wednesdays through Saturdays. Sundays through Tuesdays, the Tarriers, a posse of singing guitarists, hold forth not only in the evening but in three-to-six matinées on Sun- days. . . . lIVI NG ROOM, 915 Second Ave., at 49th St (EL 5-2262): As good a night- cap as the city affords is a bouquet of Matt Dennis songs from the hands of the com- poser himself, a sentimentalist, a humorist, a philosopher, and a pianist. His sidekicks are also the sidekicks of Jack Kelly's pur- poseful trio. Mr. D. is awa) Sundays. . . . CHÂTEAU MADRID. 42 VV. 58th St. (PL 3- 3773): The jolliest (and occasionally the most rampant) corner of this definitely Latin colony is the alcove in which Ray Tico, a Costa Rican guitarist, sings for pure joy. In another room, Panchito's band makes dance music, and a floor show that is Spanish in footwork and choral work has its say. Music as of 9 P.M., Señor Tico as of 10 P.M. The sole Sunday activity is a Pan-Amer- ican tea dance, three to eight. .. CAFÉ SAHBRA. 253 vV. 7 2n d St. (TR 3-1276): Shoshana Damari, an almost operatic firebrand, is the queen bee of yet another local colony, this one thoroughly Israeli and often downright fami- ly-style. She chants in her native tongue- the humorists Jackie Clark and Leo Fuld 'who are, in general, family-style, too, c n be understood by anyone. Closed Mondays.... SHOWPLACE. 146 VV. 4th St. (AL 4-5648): Eight hundred authors have had a finger in the local portmanteau revue, and a few have contributed nothing but thumbs. The result takes a while to come to a boil. Ellen Martin (a young lady with elves in her ancestral tree), Sheila Smith, and Lynne Stuart are the most useful inhabitants. Presentations at nine-thirty and twelve. closed Mondays.... LE CUPIDON. 40 E. 58th St. (PL 5-4842): At midnight every eve- ning but Monday, this segment of the Casbah has songs by Gigi Durston, a clear, untor- mented voice superimposed on a sunny dis- position. There is also an interlude with Kuldip Singh, a handsome young Pakistani and a definite proof that international bound- aries are no barrier to the cultural impact of Elvis Presley. Dancing. MOSTLY FOR MUSIC (N 0 dancing, unless noted.) EDDIE CONDON'S. 330 E. 56th St. (PL 5-9550): The famous Condon foot soldiery-Rex Stewart, George vVettling, Gene Schroeder, Cutty Cutshall, Leonard Gaskin, and Herb Hall-selling their Dixie lives as dearly as possible. Mr. Condon looks in frequently to JI #tt aAKÐ:rKE:T RECORD N W A V)(11 frfIJII ..of JA71 FOREiGN '''U8'LL . " tfA tfA , UJr,'.t<At f ()RFI " MOT JAIl e'ltll(f! L'Cr cot'S"U: AlH N.tO\JI Ci)tt eu"t I . Yi CD .... All ..n lS \-\A\R (,U1 'jot Xf- review his troops. The recess-hour pianist is Bob Hammer. Closed Sundays.... VILLAGE VANGUARD. 178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St. ( CH 2-9355): The Sonny Rollins quartet, driving hard toward a new and as yet unseen horiz n, is the main event. The lesser lights are BIll Henderson, an incipient blues singer, and the Three Sounds, who are instrumental- ists. Sundays, there's a four-thirty matinée as \vell as an evening session. . . . ROUNDTABLE, 15 1 E. 50th St. (PL 8-0310): The vVar of the Secession has reached the battlements of. tþis .mock Camelot, which is now firmly DIxIe; I.e., Bob Scobey and his Frisco gos- soons. Teddy vVilson's trio is, of course, in a class and region all by itself-equidistant from ragtime, Dixie, and today. Sundays, when the regulars are away, other senes- chals take over the castle.... JIMMY RYAN'S 53 vV. 5 2n d St. (JU 6-9800): vVay dow upon the Swanee River, before chambers had echoes and guitars had electronics. vYilbur de Paris, Sidney de Paris, Orner SImeon, and Wilber Kirk represent the Old Guard. Don Frye is the solo pianist. Closed Sundays. Jam sessions Mondays.... NICK'S, Se,:enth A.ve. S at loth St (CH 2-66 8 3): PhIl Napoleon and hIS Memphis Five dream anlOng Manhattan's icicles, of the land of cotton, where their sort of music was be- gotten. Jam sessions on Sunday afternoons. closed Mondays.... HICKORY HOUSE, 144 vV: 5 n t. .(CI 7-9524): Don Shirley, whose tr o IS nslde the oval bar, plays split-person- alIty pIano suggesting (1) that he's a tech- nician of Juilliard grade and (2) that he has a pronounced craving for sweets He begins at ten-fifteen every evening but Monday. . . . METROPOLE. Seventh Ave. at 48th St. (CI 5- 0?88): The Tower of Babel, minus not a sIngle sound effect. vVednesday through Sun- day, such river-boat shufflers as Red Allen So] Yaged, uster Bailey, Tony Parenti: Claude HopkIns, and J. C. Higginbotham can often be heard. Sunday afternoons and Mond y and Tuesday evenings, Coleman Haw!{1ns, J. C. Heard, and Roy Eldridge take éf qUIntet for a good fast ride. The uproar IS continuous from 3 P.M. to 3 A.l\f Mon- days through Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays from 1:30 P.M Very warm al1 in all, even for Dixie.... THE COMPO;ER. 68 W. 58th St. (PL 9-6683): Pay no heed to the melee in the bar but press on to the back room, where Billy Taylor's jet-pro- pelled fingers keep all the piano keys on the m?ve. His trio (no work Mondays) and the trIo. of Ge!1e Rodgers (no work Sundays) begIn at nIne. Modernism is the password for b?th groups. On Thursday, Feb. 5, George WallIngton's threesome wil1 replace the Rodgers brigade. . . . CENTRAL PLAZA. I I I Sec- ond ve., at 6th St. (AL 4-9 00): Jazz for old tImes' sake; that is, jazz with the fur left on. . rida:y and Saturday, Jan. 30-31, such tra.dI IonalIsts. as Jo Jones, Charlie Shavers, vytllIe. the LIon Smith, Conrad Janis and hIS TaIlga ers, ;Roy Eldridge, Tony Parenti, Gene Sednc, DIck yv ell stood, Herb Fleming, and Panama FrancIS wil1 make the fur fly. . ... THE E.MBERS. 161.E. 54th St. (PL 9-3 228 ): SIlence In the audItorIum is not always part f the gol en rule here, so sit well forward If you wIsh to hear the trio of Charlie B.eal, w ich sets to at eight-thirty. Its last nIght wIll be. Saturday, Jan. 31. Dorothy Donegan's tno and Eugene Smith's trio will e popping in on Monday, Feb. 2. There s also cocktail and dinner piano every evening, and Sundays are catch-as-catch-can bouts between extra hands.. . HALF NOTE. 28 9 Hudson St., near Spring St. (AL 5- 975 2 ): Last chance before the Mexican border to get your red-hot hero sandwiches cold beer and ja z. The Zoot Sims (with Mose AllIson) qUIntet, whose views of the modern scene may well remain incommuni- c.ado to some of us, depart this bit of night hfe on Sunday, Feb. I. Lennie Tristano's new quintet, which includes Lee Konitz ar- rives on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Closed Mondays. . · . VERSAilLES. 418 Sixth Ave., at 9th St. (AL 4-8346): One of those Village come- as-you-are boîtes which mayor may not be the perfect setting for the childlike treble of Blossom Dearie's soprano or her light-as-a- feather jazz piano. She's. off Mondays; Jacques Kayal, who plays pIano and sings modest Parisian airs, is off Tuesdays.... BILTMORE. Madison Ave. at 43rd St (MU 7-7000): On Saturday, Jan. 31, from eight to one, there'll be an Early American recital,